Credit ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’ For Thanksgiving
So, did the history of Thanksgiving begin with the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Native Americans, or what? Sure, there was a celebration of a successful harvest in the fall of 1621, and you might say that Thanksgiving is based on that feast. But the current holiday of Thanksgiving can be more credited to the author of the classic nursery rhyme, "Mary Had A Little Lamb," Sarah Josepha Hale...
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